Slow services, lack of equipment and medicine dog free treatment drive

Surgeons perform corrective surgery on a child with cleft lip at Kisumu District Hospital. The county is conducting the pilot for Universal Healthcare. [File, Standard]

As Kenyans marks the World Health Day tomorrow under the theme “universal health coverage: Everyone everywhere,” residents of counties where the Universal Health Coverage (UHC) was rolled out last year have complained of lack of coordination in service delivery.

John Mbuthia and his wife shared their frustrations after attending a prenatal clinic at a local dispensary after they were referred by a physician. Mr Mbuthia said they spent five hours waiting to see a doctor, and were later told to purchase drugs from a private chemist.